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Default OK to use wet-dry vac to siphon gas?

In article ,
"HeyBub" wrote:

Evidently not. Who knew?

"A man using a vacuum cleaner to suck gasoline out of a vehicle was burned
and his house damaged when the fuel exploded, the Albuquerque Fire
Department said."

http://www.abqtrib.com/news/2007/nov...e-man-house-da
maged/


Darn it. Must've thought he had the explosion proof motor option on
that. I wonder whether the instruction manual contains the appropriate
warning.